Work-holder



(No Medel.)

C. D. EAMES..

' WORK HOLDER.

No. 603,558. Patented May 3,1898.

w/TNEssEs a /N VEA/rop UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OANLY D. EAMES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

yWORK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,558, dated May 3,1898. Application filed March 23, 1897. Renewed March 29, 1898. SerialNo. 67,639. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CANLY D. EAMES, of Worcester, in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have-invented a new and ImprovedWork-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved work-holdermore especially designed for use in hemstitching border-embroidery,hemming, dac., and arranged to hold the fabric material tightlystretched, so as to permit the operator to conveniently hold thematerial while sewing or stitching thereon and relieving the fingers ofthe hand holding the material of the tiresome strain incident to holdingthe material in a stretched position by hand, as heretofore practiced.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fullyr described hereinafter and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the igures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement as applied, and Fig. 2is a front elevation of the sarne with the clamping device in an openposition. y

The improved work-holder, as illustrated in the drawings, is preferablymade of a singlo piece of spring-wire bent to form a bow A, having itsends A and A2 terminating in the bent-up bars A3 and A4, respectively,eX- tending parallel with the ends A and A2 at the outside thereof andbent at their upper ends transversely to form the downwardlyextendingbars A5 and A0, respectively, bent forwardly at their inner ends to formthe clamping-bars A? and A0, respectively, arranged close to the frontbars A3 and A4 and bent at their upper ends into clam ping-bars A9 andA10, respectively, extending close to the bars A7 and A8. The lower endof the clamping-bar A0 terminates in a longitudinally-extending handleA11, having its end fastened into the loop formed by the bend betweenthe two bars A7 and A0. The lower end of the clamping-bar A10 is formedinto a loop A12, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator.

The material B to be operated on is passed at one end between theclamping-bars A0 and A7, passed rearwardly around the bar A5 to thefront between the clamping-bars A7 and A3, thence over the bars A3Aacross the open end of the bow and over the bars A2 and A4, around thelatter, to then extend transy A3, and, second/the material is clamped atthe outer end between the bars A4 and A8 and between the latter and thebar A10.

Thus the material is securely held by the clamping devices at the endsof the bow to permit the operator to conveniently take hold of theentire device with one hand, as shown in Fig. Land with the foretingerand thumb in contact with the material between the ends of the bow topermit of properly stitching or sewing this part of the material in theusual manner. When the part stretched between the ends of the bow hasbeen sewed or stitched, the operator takes hold with one hand of thehandle A11 and pulls at the outer end B ofVY the material, whereby theclamping devices are opened up, as shown in Fig. 2, and the materialreadily passes along from the left to the right to bring an unstitchedor an unsewed part between the ends A and A2of the bow A. When the pullis released on the end B', the clamping device is again closed tosecurely hold the work stretched between the ends of the bow.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the operator isrelieved from holding the material with one hand in astretched positionwhile sewing, as the device holds the material properly stretched,andthe foreiinger and thumb can be used to hold the material at oppositesides at the point where the stitching or sewing takes place.

It will further be seen that the device is light and convenient tohandle and sufticiently I oo small to be easily held in the hand, asillustrated in Fig. 1.

' t-ially as described.

3. A work-holder, comprising a bow, and clamping devices depending fromthe ends thereof and composed of spring-loops forming clamps which arearranged practically at right angles to the bow, and areopen at theirbent lower ends to permit convenient insertion and removal ot' the workheld stretched parallel to the bow proper, as shown and described.

4. The work-holder herein described formed of a length of wire bent atone end to form a handle, bent adjacent to said handle to form a clampdevice, extended from said handle to form a bow and bent at the oppositeends of said bow to form clamping devices, substantially as described.

5. A work-holder composed of a bow andv clamps arranged practically atright angles to such bow and composed of inner bars, clamping-barsarranged exterior to such inner ones, and a third portion A5, A6,arranged adjacent to, but in the rear of, the aforesaid inner andclamping bars, as shown and described, whereby the work is drawn aroundparts A5, A6, and passes between the other adjacent parts,for clampingand stretching it, as specified.

6. A work-holder comprising a bow and j clamps at the ends thereofcomprising bars between which the work is passed and returned and a bararound which the work is passed between said first bars whereby thelatter will be spread apart to release the Work when longitudinal stressis exerted on the said Work substantially as described.

CANLY D. EAMES.

Witnesses:

ANNA L. STEARNs, FRANK B. HALL.

